Hadith 175

vealing unto him-asws, so he-asws would be interpreting these, and there would be Revealed unto him-asws what was not Revealed upon the truthful ones, and the Rasools-as and the Guided ones’. Then the Monk said, ‘Inform me about the two from those four ‘Hurouf’ which are in the earth, what are these? ’
He-asws said: ‘I-asws shall inform you with all four of them. As for the first of these so it is, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj Alone, there being no associates for Him-azwj surviving’; and the second, ‘Muhammad-saww is Rasool-saww of Allah-azwj, purely’; and the third is us-asws, the People-asws of the Household; and the fourth, ‘Our-asws Shias are from us-asws and we-asws are from Rasool-Allah-saww, and Rasool-Allah-saww is from Allah-azwj by a cause’. The Monk said to him-asws, ‘I testify that there is no god except Allah-azwj, and that Muhammad-saww is Rasool-Allah-saww, and that whatever he-saww came with from the Presence of Allah-azwj is true, and you (Imams-asws) are the elites of Allah-azwj from His-azwj creatures, and that your-asws Shias are the clean ones, the exchanged ones, and for them is the goodly end of Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, Lord-azwj of the worlds’. Abu Ibrahim-asws called for a gown (made of) Khazz, and a Qowhy shirt, and a pallium, and shoes, and a cap, so he-asws gave these to him, and he-asws prayed Al-Zohr Salat and said to him: ‘Get circumcised! ’ He said, ‘I was circumcised during my seventh (day)’’. [198]
And it is reported by Al Bursy in (the book) ‘Mashariq Al Anwaar, from Safwan Bin Mihran who said, ‘My Master-asws Abu Abdullah-asws instructed me one day that I should bring forwards his-asws she-camel at the door of the house. I came with it. Abu Al-Hassan-asws came out quickly and he-asws was a boy of six years old. He-asws sat evenly upon the back of the she-camel, and spurred it, and disappeared from my sight. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘We are for Allah-azwj and are returning to Him-azwj! And what will I say to my Master-asws when he-asws comes out wanting the she-camel? ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘When an hour had passed from the day, when the camel return and if it was a shooting star, and it was sweating profusely. He-asws descended from it and entered the house. The servant came out and said, ‘Return the camel to its place, and answer your Master-asws! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘I did what he had instructed me, and I entered to see him-asws. He-asws said: ‘O Safwan! But rather I-asws had instructed you with presenting the camel for your Master-asws Abu Al-Hassan-asws to ride it’. I said such and such within myself. (He-asws said): ‘Do you know, O Safwan, when he-asws reached upon it during this time? He-asws reached what Zul Qarnayn had reached, and exceeded it manifold, and he-asws delivered my-asws greetings to every Momin and Momina’’. [199]